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CALATHEA* grandifdlia 



Large-leaved Calathea. 



MONANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 



Nat. ord. Canneje. 



CALATHEA. — Supr^, vol. 11. fol. 932. 



C. longifolia ; petiolis longis cylindraceis basi vaginantibus, foliis oblongis 



apiculatis subundulatis lucidis glabris concoloribus, capitulis oblongis, 



bracteis undulatis obtusis floribus brevioribus, labello cuneato api- 

 culato. 



Acaulis. Folia disticha, 3-pedalia, horizontaliter fatentia, oblonga^ 

 apiculata, lucida, glaherrima^ paululum unduIatUj petiolis breviora ; petioli 

 glabri, basi vaginanteSf collo cylindraceo^ lucido, arcuato. Capital um ter- 

 'ininale, oblongum ; bracteae obtusce, undulatce, laxce, Jloribus breviores. 

 Calyx laciniis ovalibus, memhranaceis. Corolla luiea, tubo calyce duplb 

 longiore, arcuato, limbo exteriore 3-partifOy laciniis patentibus, oblongis. 

 Labellum anticum^ cuneatum, apiculatum. Stamina 3, quorum duo sterilia; 

 horum alterum planuniy petaloideum, labello oppositum^ alterum ad latus 

 lahelliy cucullatum ad stigma retinendum; fertile ad latus labelli, bilobum, 

 lobo antico sterili depauperato, postico antheriftro. Ovarium triloculare; 

 ovula solitaria. 



This fine new species was introduced to the Horti- 

 cultural Society's Garden from Rio Janeiro, in 1826, by 

 Sir Henry Chamberlaine, along with a large collection of 

 other rare plants. It flowered for the first time in a 

 stove in the year 1827, and has since continued to 

 flourish in great beauty : but it does not increase at the 

 root; so that it is likely to remain a rare plant, unless 

 imported direct from the Brazils. 



So named by Dr. Meyer; derived, no doubt, from the Greek word 

 x«A*^05: but whether in the sense o(cup/m allusion to the cup-Hke stigma; 

 or o£^ basket, in allusion to the dried leaves being used in basket-work, we 

 do not know. 



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